Chelsea 2 - 1 Hull

Footies back for real after the showpiece of the Charity Shiled last week and Hull visit the Bridge looking to be part of an opening day upset. The Mighty Blues make one change from the team that lifted the FA Cup back in May with Ricky replacing the injured Alex. Carlo sticks with the diamond so Jedi holds and Lamps sits behind the from 2 of the Drog and Le Sulk - Essien and Malouda complete the midfield. Joe Cole and new boy Zhirkov are injured - Ballack and Deco are on the bench.

Within 60sec of the start Essien breaks down the right and crosses to the Drog who blasts wide for 6yrds out - great chance and that was a big miss. The Blues have started brightly and are dominating but the diamond is making the midfield very congested - combine that with Anelka operating at a snails pace and possession keeps breaking down. JT connects with a corner on 14mins but it drifts over and straing back up our end a Boateng shot is deflected over by Cech. Despite all our possession and dominance, we're behind (how often did we do that last season) on 28mins as a high ball isn't dealt with and it drops to Hunt who calmly slots past Cech. Jedi picks up a free kick on the edge of the Hull box on 38mins and up steps Drogba who strokes the ball into the far corner for the equalizer. A sweet end to end move on 42mins releases Drogba who hits hopefully from 35yrs but its easily saved - that brings us to half time.

Ballack is on for Jedi as the second half gets underway and, as in the 1st half, the Blues could have been ahead inside a minute as Drogba finds Anelka in the box but the ball drops just behind him and the effort is snuffed out. A minute later and Lamps grazes the near post from the edge of the box. Ballack and Drogba link up on the edge of the box to release Anelka but Dawson snuffs out the danger. Chelsea are moving the ball much more quickly now and Drogba has two more clear cut chances well saved by Myhill. Its all Chelsea and Hull are struggling to get out of their own half but still the lack of width means that moves are breaking down on the edge of the box. Deco replaces Malouda on 70mins but the pattern remains the same as Hull defend doggedly and waste time everywhere they can - its 19 attempts, 9 of them on target so far, but only one goal. With 10mins left, Kalou replaces the hapless Anelka and his first touch is a header just over the bar - close but still no cigar. With 2mins of normal time remaining, a Lamps corner is headed over by Ricky and up the other end a deflection off the same guy makes Cech tip over to avoid a disaster. On 90mins, Drogba and Deco waste 2 more chances (that's 28 attempts so far) and then finally on 92mins the Drog, chips one in from an impossible angle - it was probably a cross but who cares. That's it for the day and the Blues end deserved 2-1 winners

We wont waste that many chances again will we ?? Come on u BLUES !!